Installation

Changing colors

To change the highlighting colors, open Notepad++ → Settings → Style Configuration. Then, scroll to the end of the language list to find Rainmeter. The following colors can be changed:

DEFAULT: Normal text

COMMENT: Lines starting with ;

SECTION: Lines starting with [

OPTION: Valid keys (e.g. MeasureName)

EQUALS: = after options

INVALID VALUE: Invalid values for options (e.g. Blaa in Measure=Blaa)

VALUE: Valid values for options (e.g. CPU in Measure=CPU)

BANG: Valid bangs (e.g. !HideMeter)

VARIABLE: Built-in variables (e.g. #CURRENTPATH#)

USER VARIABLE: Custom variables (e.g. #MyVariable#)

Refresh skin

To refresh the skin corresponding to the currently open .ini file in Notepad++, select Plugins → RainLexer → Refresh skin.

To assign shortcuts to the Refreshing skin and Refresh all commands, select Settings → Shortcut Mapper → Plugin commands tab. Then, find the Refresh skin and Refresh all entries in the list to assign a shortcut.

To add the commands to the Notepad++ right-click context menu, select Settings → Edit Popup ContextMenu. Then, add the following lines into the file, save, and restart Notepad++.